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November, 2011
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A fascinating article in today’s Wall Street Journal reports that the United States is slated to become a net exporter of petroleum fuels, for the first time in 62 years since the post World War II economic boom. Although this...
Posted Wednesday, November 30th, 2011 at 3:08 pm | Filed in: Economic Security, Energy Security, Oil, Oil Dependence
If you missed Saturday's WSJ, you missed a lot of energy news:
1. Ana Campoy and Stephanie Simon reported on a dispute in Oklahoma over a wind farm that may interfere with oil production. The Osage Nation owns the mineral r...
Posted Monday, November 28th, 2011 at 7:03 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Automotive, Electric Utilities, Electrification, Energy Security, National Security, Natural Gas, Oil, Oil Dependence
The biggest news in politics this week is the collapse of the Supercommittee’s debt negotiations. The committee, composed equally of Democrats and Republicans from both chambers, has worked for months in pursuit of a bipartis...
Posted Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011 at 3:30 pm | Filed in: Electrification, Legislation, Oil Dependence
The weekend WSJ had a great piece by Liam Denning, "Fueling a Sneak Attack on Crude-Oil Prices." Denning contrasted the new Massive Ordnance Penetrator, a 15-ton bomb designed to blow up underground bunkers containing, hypotheti...
Posted Monday, November 21st, 2011 at 6:08 am | Filed in: Economic Security, Electrification, Oil Dependence
This week, the White House formally announced its tighter fuel-economy standards for cars and light duty trucks. The new standards, a combined 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025, will apply to model year 2017 to 2025 vehicles.
The...
Posted Friday, November 18th, 2011 at 12:38 pm | Filed in: Energy Efficiency, Legislation, Transportation
Talk about an unanticipated benefit! Today's WaPo reports that
People who invest in hybrid cars are significantly less likely to be injured in an accident because their heavy batteries make the vehicles safer than tradition...
Posted Thursday, November 17th, 2011 at 5:09 am | Filed in: Automotive, Economic Security, Electrification, National Security, Oil
Today, the State Department opened the Bureau of Energy Resources, in recognition of the growing importance of energy security on our foreign policy and national defense. The Wall Street Journal writes:
The new Bureau of Ener...
Posted Wednesday, November 16th, 2011 at 3:51 pm | Filed in: Energy Security, Energy Supply, Policy
Yesterday, Secretary of the Interior Kenneth Salazar wrote an Op-Ed in Politico about how the United States is increasing domestic oil production. His piece included some interesting data points regarding oil and gas production ...
Posted Tuesday, November 15th, 2011 at 3:08 pm | Filed in: Energy Security, Energy Supply, Oil Dependence
Solyndra continues to dominate the news. Saturday's WaPo front pager by Joe Stephens and Carol Leonnig:
On Friday, the release of a new round of White House documents added more details, whosing concerns among senior advisers...
Posted Monday, November 14th, 2011 at 7:23 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Economic Security, Electrification, Energy Security, National Security, Oil, Oil Dependence, Policy
The drip-drip "scandal" of Solyndra makes another appearance today, with the "revelation" that the major funder of the project, Obama donor and Tulsa billionaire George Kaiser, exchanged emails with his own staff about conversatio...
Posted Thursday, November 10th, 2011 at 4:08 am | Filed in: Alternatives, National Security, Oil, Oil Dependence, Oil Prices, Policy
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